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Assassination Records Review Board
Final Determination Notification

AGENCY : HSCA
RECORD NUMBER : 180-10068-10319
RECORD SERIES : STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS
AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

December 8, 1995 \
Status of Document: —_ Postponed in Part

Number of releases of previously postponed information: 7

Reason for Board Action: The Review Board's decision was premised on several factors
including: (a) the significant historical interest in the document in question; (b) the
absence of evidence that the release of the information would cause harm to the United
States or to any individual.

Number of Postponements: 3

Postponements: All the postponements in this document represent Social Security numbers.

Reason for Board Action: The text is redacted because the public disclosure of the redaction could
reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and that invasion of
privacy would be so substantial that it outweighs the public interest.

Substitute Language: SSN

Date of Next Review: 2017

Board Review Completed: 10/24/95


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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

~ AGENCY
RECORD NUMBER

HSCA
180-10068-10319

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RECORDS SERIES :
STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS

ORIGINATOR :
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TITLE :

DATE
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08/15/77
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SUBJECTS ;
HSCA, ADMINISTRATION
BURAS, ROBERT C. JR.

DOCUMENT TYPE PRINTED FORM

CLASSIFICATION : U
RESTRICTIONS : 3
CURRENT STATUS : P

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/07/93

OPENING CRITERIA

; COMMENTS
Box. #21.

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Lous STOKES, OHI10, CHAIRMAN

RICHARDSON PREYER, N.C. SAMUEL L. DEVINE, OHIO

WALTER E. FAUNTROY,. D.C. STEWART B. MCKINNEY, CONN.
YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF, CHARLES THONE, NEBR. . ; .
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN. HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH. .
HAROLD E. FORO, TENN. ° . u r
- FeovD J. FITHIAN, IND. Select Committee on Assassinations

ROBERT W. EOGAR, PA.

GS. House of Representatives
3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2
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(202) 225-4624

October 16, 1978

Dear Bob:

As you probably know, because the Committee is winding down, the
decision has been made to terminate L. J.'s services as of October 31.

I'm sure that you are wondering how you stand salary-—wise with the
Committee because of the duplicate salary payments from the New Orleans |
Police Department.

The following are my calculations of how you stand.

You were hired August 15, 1977 at an annual salary. of $24, 000.00
and taken off the payroll February 28, 1978. Your W-2 statement for .
1977. gave a salary of $16,637.46 from the New Orleans Police Department.
The monthly amount would be $1,386.46 ($16,637.46 + 12). Prorating this

amount would give $9,058.21 while on the payroll of the Committee ($1, 386. 46

per month. for the period August 15, 1977 to. February ¢ 28, 1978).

You have been due $613.54 per ‘month from the Committee since March l,
1978 (the difference between your Committee salary of $2,000.00 per month |
and $1,386.46). Dividing $613.54 into $9,058.21 (the overpayment referred

to above) would carry you almost 15 months or until June 1, 1979.

According to the affidavit from your payroll supervisor, your base pay

during the period you have been with the Committee is $1,273.00 per month.
Tf we use this lower figure instead of the $1,386.46 which I got by divid-_
ing the amount on your W-2 by 12 and I went through the same calculations

as above, the overpayment would carry you about: ils months or until Feb-
ruary 15, 1979, :

Either way, the duplicate payment by the New Orleans Police Depart-
ment for the period August. 15, 1977 to February 28, 1978 is more than
enough to carry you through December 31, 1978 without any further payménts
from the Committee. - re

Please give me a call if you have any questions or dispute any of my_
figures. . .

Sincerely yours,
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THOMAS HOWARTH

Budget Officer

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CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

DEPARTMENT OF POLICE

P.O. Box 51480
New Orleans, La. 70151

ERNEST- DUTCH MORTAL “to protect and to serve” CLARENCE B. GIARRUSSO
MAYOR ; . SUPERINTENDENT

June 6, 1978

During the period of August 15, 1977 through December 31,1977,
Lieutenant Robert Buras, Jr. earned a base pay of $1273.00.

scot! ALBERT C. LAWLESS
Commander, Payroll Division

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Oct. 30, 1978

Dear Tom:

I recieved your letter of Oct, 16, 1978 and agree with
your last figures which indicate my base nay as $1,273.00
per month, The W-2 form includes overtime and uniform al-
lowances that are not subject to Committee Consideration.
This still leaves me paid until Feb. 15, 1979. This is not
accurate due to insufficient data given to you.

The following will explain my present position.

The City of New Orleans allows employees to accrue annual
leave at the rate of 21 days per year (1 3/h per month), This
annual leave can be accumulated for a maximim of 90 days and
be carried from one year to the next, In 1977 I ended the year
with 102 days of which 12 days was dropped from the rolls due
to committee employment. These are all working days, for each
five totaled I recieve 2 days off, similar to a week end, In
1978 I will lose 21 days (working) from the rolls, This is
33 working days or 6 weeks and 3 days (3344 5= 6X7+3 =45).

The 33 days from the City amounts to $1,937.66 at $7.34 —
per hour, This amount does not take into account the number
of weeks nor the 14 days annual leave that the committee would
allow, The total consecutive days would be 45 + 14 = 59.
This would be one day short of two months at $2,000.00 per
month from the Committee. You can see that this could get
into an accountant problem.

I am suggesting that the Committee not pay me anything
further in salary but that I-be given the above stated time
off, I would like to be off from Nov, 15 thru Dec 31. 1978,

T would still be avialable to get needed information to help
write the renort (if the Committee continues my phone service)

I am not an accountant and would rather not get into the
dollars and cents involved, The time off would beforactical
solution in my opinion.

I will talk with you and Cliff further about this matter.

Singeyely In Christ

Robert Buras
Staff Investigator

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FOP". os.
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To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

| hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last) Effective Date.

Rebert P. Buras, Jr. 2/26/78
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MEMORANDUM -

TO: Professor G. Robert Blakey
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FROM: Cliff Fenton

DATE: August 15, 1977

RE: Recommendation for employment - Robert P. Buras, Jr.

Tt is recommended that Robert P. Buras, Jr. be hired
for appointment to the position of Senior Investigator at a
salary of $24,000 per annum effective this date. Even
though his homicide investigatory experience is limited,
his experiences in law enforcement would be beneficial to
our investigation. |

Mr. Buras, who is a Lieutenant, has been with the
New Orleans Police Department for eighteen (18) years. He
appeared to be a loyal and committed person and showed a
strong desire to join the JFK Task Force. He is presently.
in New Orleans, Louisiana and will be stationed thereat.

APPROVED: Lib pt 4
Kenneth D. Klein
Assistant Deputy Chief Counsel

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